Interval Arithmetic and Static Interval Finite Element Method

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有界不确定参数结构位移范围的区间摄动法

当结构参数具有误差或有界不确定性时,区间数学可以在不同知识不确定变量的概率分布的情况下定量地考察不确定参数对结构响应的影响。为计算出不确定结构参数对结构位移影响范围的上下界,文中提出了的两种区骚动国方法。     

Extension of convex models and its improvement on the approximate solution

In this paper, by means of combining non probabilistic convex modeling with perturbation theory, an improvement is made on the first order approximate solution in convex models of uncertainties. Convex modeling is extended to largely uncertain and non-convex sets of uncertainties and the combinational convex modeling is developed. The presented method not only extends applications of convex modeling, but also improves its accuracy in uncertain problems and computational efficiency. The numerical example illustrates the efficiency of the proposed method. The project supported by the National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of China and the National Post Doctor Science Foundation of China     

The Rayleigh quotient method for computing eigenvalue bounds of vibrational systems with interval parameters

In this paper, an effective method, the Rayleigh quotient iteration, for computing the bounds of structures with interval parameters is presented. When the uncertainty of the structural parameters is described by using the interval, i.e. an unknown-but-bounded version, the structural vibration eigenvalues will become the interval. It is desirable to give these interval eigenvalues. An application of this method is illustrated by a numerical example. The results show that the Rayleigh quotient iteration method is very effective for constructing the upper and lower bounds on the eigenvalues of structures with interval parameters.The Project Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

THE UNCERTAIN EIGENVALUES ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES WITH UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS

This paper presents a method for estimating the upper and lower bounds of eigenvalues of structures with uncertainties. The uncertain parameters are described by the convex model. A numerical example of the frame structure is given to illustrate the efficiency of the method. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 19872028).     

Interval analysis method and convex models for impulsive response of structures with uncertain-but-bounded external loads

Two non-probabilistic, set-theoretical methods for determining the maximum and minimum impulsive responses of structures to uncertain-but-bounded impulses are presented. They are, respectively, based on the theories of interval mathematics and convex models. The uncertain-but-bounded impulses are assumed to be a convex set, hyper-rectangle or ellipsoid. For the two non-probabilistic methods, less prior information is required about the uncertain nature of impulses than the probabilistic model. Comparisons between the interval analysis method and the convex model, which are developed as an anti-optimization problem of finding the least favorable impulsive response and the most favorable impulsive response, are made through mathematical analyses and numerical calculations. The results of this study indicate that under the condition of the interval vector being determined from an ellipsoid containing the uncertain impulses, the width of the impulsive responses predicted by the interval analysis method is larger than that by the convex model; under the condition of the ellipsoid being determined from an interval vector containing the uncertain impulses, the width of the interval impulsive responses obtained by the interval analysis method is smaller than that by the convex model.The project supported by the National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of China (10425208), the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Institute of Engineering Physics of China (10376002) The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Vertex solution theorem for the upper and lower bounds on the dynamic response of structures with uncertain-but-bounded parameters

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of uncertain-but-bounded parameters on the dynamic response of structures. By combining the interval mathematics and the finite element analysis, the mass matrix, damping matrix, stiffness matrix and the external loads are represented as interval matrices and vector. With the help of the optimization theory, we present the vertex solution theorem for determining both the exact upper bounds or maximum values and the exact lower bounds or minimum values of the dynamic response of structures, in which these parameters reach their extreme values on the boundary of the interval mass, damping, stiffness matrices and the interval extemal loads vector. Three examples are used to illustrate the computational aspects of the presented vertex solution theorem.     

Steady state motions of shallow arch under periodic force with 1∶2 internal resonance on the plane of physical parameters

The bifurcation dynamics of shallow arch which possesses initial deflection under periodic excitation for the case of 1∶2 internal resonance is studied in this paper. The whole parametric plane is divided into several different regions according to the types of motions; then the distribution of steady state motions of shallow arch on the plane of physical parameters is obtained. Combining with numerical method, the dynamics of the system in different regions, especially in the Hopf bifurcation region, is studied in detail. The rule of the mode interaction and the route to chaos of the system is also analysed at the end. Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation and National Youth Science Foundation of China     

Combination of structural reliability and interval analysis

In engineering applications, probabilistic reliability theory appears to be presently the most important method, however, in many cases precise probabilistic reliability theory cannot be considered as adequate and credible model of the real state of actual affairs. In this paper, we developed a hybrid of probabilistic and non-probabilistic reliability theory, which describes the structural uncertain parameters as interval variables when statistical data are found insufficient. By using the interval analysis, a new method for calculating the interval of the structural reliability as well as the reliability index is introduced in this paper, and the traditional probabilistic theory is incorporated with the interval analysis. Moreover, the new method preserves the useful part of the traditional probabilistic reliability theory, but removes the restriction of its strict requirement on data acquisition. Example is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed theory.     

Elastoplastic model describing cyclic creeping behaviour of soft clays

The elastoplastic model in the deviatoric stress space is constructed to describe the cyclic undrained creeping behaviour of soft clays under cyclic stress by using Mises yield criterion and the concept of a field of hardening moduli. Furthermore, the effect of model parameters on the deformation is studied, and a method is given to determine quantitatively model parameters from results of cyclic triaxial tests of the saturated soft clay. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Tianjin Twenty-one Century Youth Science Foundation     

基于二阶摄动法求解区间参数结构动力响应

在处理区间参数结构动力响应问题时,现有的分析方法大多局限于一阶区间分析方法. 如果参数的不确定量稍大,采用一阶区间分析方法对结构动力响应范围进行估计可能会失效,所以需要考虑二阶区间分析方法.但是采用基于区间运算的二阶区间分析方法得到的结果将会对动力响应范围过分高估. 为了克服以上缺点,首先基于二阶摄动法得到结构动力响应广义函数. 然后通过求解此动力响应函数的最大和最小值,将结构动力响应区间的问题转化为序列低维箱型约束下的二次规划问题. 最后采用DC 算法(di erence of convex functionsalgorithm) 对这些箱型约束下的二次规划问题进行求解. 这样可以在不引入过多计算量的情况下,避免了对动力响应范围的过分估计. 通过数值算例,将该方法和其他区间分析方法进行比较,验证了该方法的有效性与精确性.      

DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF ROTATING SHELLS COUPLED WITH LIQUID

The dynamic behaviors of rotating shells coupled with liquid are shown. The shell under consideration has arbitrary boundary conditions and a complex shape. A modified boundary element method and finite strip technique are used to improve the computing efficiency and to guarantee the continuity conditions on the liquid-shell interaction plane. The effects of various parameters such as shell's thickness and liquid depth are investigated. Dynamic simulations are applied to several typical shell-liquid systems, and the natural frequencies, mode shapes and response of vibration are calculated numerically. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19702004).     

区间参数振动系统的动力优化

对具有区间参数的多自由度振动系统的不确定性优化问题，提出一种新的区间优化方法．利用泰勒展开和函数的区间扩张，将区间优化问题转化为近似的确定性优化问题．该方法应用于多自由度线性扭振系统，并把区间设计变量的中值和不确定性半径取作优化参数．算例表明该方法是有效的．     

有界参数结构特征值的上下界定理

与方法近似性的结构特征值包含定理不同,给出参数近似性的结构的特征值上下界定理．在结构刚度矩阵和质量矩阵可以利用结构参数进行非员分解的条件下,通过区间分析,将特征值的上下界分解成两个广义特征值问题进行求解．结果可以看成是胡海昌教授的特征值质量包含定理和刚度包含定理在结构参数近似性特征值问题中的一种推广和应用．     

A new simple method of implicit time integration for dynamic problems of engineering structures

This paper presents a new simple method of implicit time integration with two control parameters for solving initial-value problems of dynamics such that its accuracy is at least of order two along with the conditional and unconditional stability regions of the parameters. When the control parameters in the method are optimally taken in their regions, the accuracy may be improved to reach of order three. It is found that the new scheme can achieve lower numerical amplitude dissipation and period dispersion than some of the existing methods, e.g. the Newmark method and Zhai’s approach, when the same time step size is used. The region of time step dependent on the parameters in the new scheme is explicitly obtained. Finally, some examples of dynamic problems are given to show the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed scheme applied in dynamic systems. The project supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Foundation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (G2000048702, 2003CB716707), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (10025208), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program) (10532040), the Research Fund for Oversea Chinese (10228028). The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Parameter identification in offshore platform using arma moded and technology of extracting free vibration signal

A procedure for identifying the dynamic parameter of offshore platform is presented. The present procedure consists of two key features. First uses random decrement (RD) technology to extract free vibration signal in strong noise environment in which it may not white noise. Second technology which called autoregressive moving average (ARMA) was used to model the data treated by the random decrement method. In order to get rid of the color noise in the output signal response from the offshore platform an imaginary system is added in RD system and make the course of extracting performed under the state of color input by choosing the breakover condition and lead time. For eliminating multi-values of parameters identified, an updating moving average method is used. The dynamic parameters of structure under arbitrary input are identified. Example of the method as applied to a scale-model offshore platform was used to evaluate the technology of efficiency and the value of on-line. Foundation items: the National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of China (59625815); the Applied Development Foundation of National High Technology Biography: OU Jin-ping (1959-), Professor, Vice-President, Doctor     

基于泰勒级数展开的区间反演方法

实际结构或构件的几何与材料参数总包含不确定性,在对结构计算模型进行精确分析时,有时需要对参数不确定性进行量化。本文提出了一种用于区间参数识别的反演方法,即基于泰勒级数展开式分别建立参数与响应的区间中值、区间半径的对应函数关系,并通过构建两个反演问题来分步识别参数区间中值和半径,以避免区间扩张现象和简化优化反演过程。通过数值质-弹系统初步验证了方法的可行性,然后基于一组钢板的动测数据,识别了钢板的几何及材料特性参数的区间范围。研究结果表明,本文方法具有良好的区间反演精度,能有效地避免区间扩张现象,可以用于实际工程区间问题的求解。     

区间桁架结构动力特性分析的区间因子法

对于具有区间参数的桁架结构的动力特性分析问题,提出了一种新的分析方法即区间因子法。利用区间因子法,结构材料物理参数、几何尺寸均可表达为其区间因子和确定性量的乘积,进而结构的固有频率和振型也可显式表达成区间因子们的函数。利用区间算法,推导出了结构固有频率和振型的上、下限与均值的计算表达式。通过算例,分析了结构参数的不确定性对结构动力特性的影响,并验证了本文模型和方法的合理性与可行性。本文方法的优点是能够反映结构某一参数的不确定性对结构动力特性的影响。     

区间参数结构的动力响应优化

讨论区间参数结构的动态响应问题的区间优化方法．利用摄动理论和函数区间扩张,将区间优化问题转化为近似的确定性优化问题．由于区间设汁变量的中值和不确定性半径均可取作优化参数,昕以可得到比确定性优化更多的优化信息．将该方法应j用于桁架结构,算例表明该方法是有效的．     

Static response analysis of structures with interval parameters using the second-order Taylor series expansion and the DCA for QB

In this paper, based on the second-order Taylor series expansion and the difference of convex functions algorithm for quadratic problems with box constraints(the DCA for QB), a new method is proposed to solve the static response problem of structures with fairly large uncertainties in interval parameters. Although current methods are effective for solving the static response problem of structures with interval parameters with small uncertainties, these methods may fail to estimate the region of the static response of uncertain structures if the uncertainties in the parameters are fairly large. To resolve this problem, first, the general expression of the static response of structures in terms of structural parameters is derived based on the second-order Taylor series expansion. Then the problem of determining the bounds of the static response of uncertain structures is transformed into a series of quadratic problems with box constraints. These quadratic problems with box constraints can be solved using the DCA approach effectively. The numerical examples are given to illustrate the accuracy and the efficiency of the proposed method when comparing with other existing methods.